Once we have studied the different materials used in our speakers, we now turn to study a little deeper. Therefore we have decided to make a comparison chart showing the advantages and disadvantages:
Component
Benefits
Drawbacks
Alnico Magnet
- The Alnico is known for being very faithful to the sound, either by the beauty of its high register or the roundness of their means.
- Restore a volume of less subjectively, with a dynamic and / or less aggressive because they can more quickly reach its physical limits, and, of course, creates more compression.
- A "chorus" or the effect of modulation, either analog or digital, may sound very artificial in a Alnico (unless there is an adjustable effects loop on your amplifier).
- Alnico always be more demanding in terms of price, even secondhand.
Metal box
- The metal retains the rigidity of the box, then eliminates vibration and keeps the sound quality.
- Thermally he is invulnerable to medium-high and low temperatures, so it is highly recommended for use in the environment.
- The rapid placement in a compound, and also he can even add additional components such as air conditioning (to keep the room temperature) and more.
- It promotes resistance and protection of contents.
- With the use of metal on the speakers become heavy and most of them are not very attractive (physically) to the public.
- It's much harder to produce and manufacture than other materials, which also makes it difficult to disassemble and recycle.
Treated paper cone
- With alloys of various materials (seen previously), the membrane of the cone is resistant to liquid items like oil and water.
- Similarly, the alloy improves the flexibility of the membrane for better sound reproduction because it follows easily the magnetic field variations.
- In general this type of material does not present a handicap than the time and difficulty of manufacture (intervention of many alloys)
Speakers acrylic
- The acrylics provide high rigidity and durability with low cost manufacturing and easy handling during construction and assembly of the box.
- Over time, the rigidity of the acrylic decreases markedly.
- It features vibration during playback of sound, so it is necessary to re-organize the system to reduce vibration and keep the sound quality.
In conclusion, we have found for some components of our system (Speakers) a number of disadvantages which would have to seek different solutions either find a new product and/or component or by changing the materials used previously. Therefore this part will be discussed in the following theme, for this you should press the button below ...
